þearl-wís

Old English Dictionary Entry

þearl-wís

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 þearl-wís

adj. Severe, strict :-- Ierre ðæs ðearlwísan déman districti iram judicis, Past. l0; Swt. 63, 15. Beforan ðæm ðearlwísan déman apud districtim judicem, 16; Swt. 105, 10: Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 36. Þearlwísere gýmene districto regimine, Hpt. Gl. 486, 61. God sylfa ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe, ac biþ ðonne réþra and þearlwísra ðonne ǽnig wilde deór, Blickl. Homl. 95, 30. þearl-wis

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ᚦᛠᚱᛚ-ᚹᛁᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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